Week One (January 16-17)

Introduction / Optional Orientation:

ENGL1302.WW1

Date:  Wednesday - January 16
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Place:  H224, SCC

or

Date:  Thursday - January 17
Time:  3:00-4:00 p.m.
Place:  H228, SCC


All Composition and Rhetoric II - English 1302.WW1 syllabus information, course activities and communication, e-mail correspondence, and related Web resources exist on this site.

As a reference, print out this frame and read the basic syllabus or click on the various parts of the syllabus policies (left menu) and calendar (right menu) for specific information about the course and activities. Please read and follow these basic communication principles:

1. This course requires Cougar mail for all correspondence. If you have your user name and password, go to http://cougarmail.ccccd.edu, or go to the college Current Students User name page information sheet at http://username.ccccd.edu/username/ for further instructions - you must have a current password and username (the last six numbers of your college-wide ID).
   
   

   Please remember to periodically clean-up your cougar mail account and delete all non-academic or work from previous semesters.

2. As a matter of formality, put your full name in the text of each e-mail submission, either at the beginning or end, and always write the course number, week number and/or author/assignment number, as is appropriate, in the subject box of your e-mail submission - example (in the e-mail subject box): ENGL 1302 - Week 3 - p.55.
3. Please cut and paste your assignments into your Cougar mail submissions. I do not accept Word attachments.
4. Submit assignments promptly (each week, Wednesdays, by 12 noon).

Please test your Cougar mail link by sending a message to me now at my permanent e-mail address - click: cgrooms@ccccd.edu


 

Week Two (due by Wednesday, January 23, 12 noon)

Chapter 1: What is Literature? How and Why Does It Matter? (pp. 3-13).

Chapter 2: Thinking and Reading Critically:

Approaching Literature (pp. 15-16),
Thinking Critically: The Value of Argument (pp. 16-18),
Responding to Two Stories about Work (pp. 18-26).

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, January 23, 12 noon)

Choose one prompt from pp. 11-12, "A Writing Assignment" (one of the bulleted prompts) or 16-18, "A Writing Exercise" or one prompt from a "Thinking About the Text" section, p. 23 or p. 25, and submit an e-mail response (400 words minimum).

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Three (due by Wednesday, January 30, 12 noon)

Chapter 2: The Elements of Argument (26-37), Reading Critically, (38-47).
Chapter 2: Literature as Argument, Investigating Topics of Literary Criticism (47-56)

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 word minimum - due Wednesday, January 30, 12 noon):

Choose the prompt from p. 51 or p. 55, "A Writing Exercise" , and submit an e-mail response (400 words minimum).

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Four (due by Wednesday, February 6, 12 noon)

Chapter 3: The Writing Process: Exploring. Planning, Composing, Revising, Recognizing and Avoiding Fallacies (pp. 57-84).

Essay One topics - Essay One due next week.

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, February 6, 12 noon):

"A Writing Exercise," p. 62: Do at least ten minutes of freewriting (revise afterwards) as an e-mail (400 word minimum) about Wordsworth's poem, keeping it nearby so that you can consult it if you need to. In particular, try to raise questions you have about the poem, and consider which of these may be worth addressing in a more formal paper.

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Five (due by Wednesday, February 13, 12 noon)

Essay One  (due by Wednesday, February 13, 12 noon).

Length: 600 words minimum


 

Week Six (due by Wednesday, February 20, 12 noon)

Chapter 4: Writing about Stories (pp. 96-107).

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, February 20, 12 noon)

Choose one writing exercise from any of the sections following the shorter works of fiction by Williams, Welty, and Brown (pp. 119, 120, or 121), and submit an e-mail response. Indicate the exercise by page number in the subject line or at the top of your e-mail.

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Seven (due by Wednesday, February 27, 12 noon)

Chapter 5: Writing about Poems (131-140).

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, February 27, 12 noon)

Choose one of the writing exercises above that follow the poetry selections in this chapter ( pp. 140, 146, 147, 148, or 149), and submit an e-mail (plain text) response. Indicate the exercise by page number at the top of your e-mail.

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Eight (due by Wednesday, March 5, 12 noon)

Essay Two - topics.

Length: 600 words minimum

Chapter 12: Working with Texts and Images (272-280).

Writing Exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, March 5, 12 noon)

Choose one of the ""Thinking about the Text / Image" or "Making Comparisons" sections that follow each poems and images (pp. 274, 275-6, 276, or 278), and submit an e-mail (plain text) response. Indicate the exercise by page number at the top of your e-mail.

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Nine (due by Wednesday, March 12, 12 noon)

Essay Two  (due by Wednesday, March 12, 12 noon).

Length: 600 words minimum


 

Week Ten (exercise due by Wednesday, March 26, 12 noon )

Research Paper topics (and First Draft Guidelines).

Writing exercise / Short Essay:

(400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, March 26, 12 noon)

Write a summary of secondary resources in the LRC (Collin or local library) or online available for your literary research topic, and submit an e-mail (plain text) response..

In your summary, remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.


In the first draft and final copy of your research paper, you must cite at least five different sources, only two of which may be Web-based (excluding electronic journals and databases). I will grade the first draft as an essay. but please include your parenthetical references to both primary (the subject work and author from the textbook) and secondary sources and Works Cited. Some secondary sources exist in your textbook under selected authors as "Critical Commentaries" and "Cultural Contexts".

Other secondary sources (about the topic or author) exist in books, magazines, special periodicals, and academic journals. Our library has extended digital databases for electronic books, journals, and reference works on a variety of authors and subjects that may prove useful to you as secondary resources:

Collin Library Databases

For information on how to access these electronic materials from home, please consult:

FAQs for Access to Collin Library Databases

For information on how to find and make effective use of the Collin Library databases, please review the online tutorials available at:

Collin Library Database Tutorials


I will grade the final copy for MLA format and first draft revisions.

Appendix A: Working with Critical Approaches:
Contemporary Schools of Criticism (pp. 1544-1561)

Appendix B: Writing a Research Paper:
Identifying an Issue and a Tentative Claim (pp. 1573-5).
Finding and Using Secondary Sources (pp. 1574-8).
Taking Notes: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism (pp. 1578-9).
Writing the Paper: Integrating Sources (pp. 1579-1581).


 

Week Eleven (due by Wednesday, April 2, 12 noon)

Research Paper: First Draft due by Wednesday, April 2, 12 noon.

You must cite at least five different sources, only two of which may be Web-based. I will grade the first draft as an essay. but please include your parenthetical references to both primary (the subject work and author from the textbook) and secondary sources and Works Cited. Some secondary sources exist in your textbook under selected authors as "Critical Commentaries" and "Cultural Contexts".

I will grade the final copy for MLA format and first draft revisions.

Length: 1000 words minimum (no more than 2000)


 

Week Twelve (no assignments due this week)

Last Day to Withdraw from Classes: Friday, April 11.

No Late Course Work Accepted after Wednesday, April 9, 12 noon.

Document Sources: MLA Format (1581-1606).

Please work through and complete the MLA Online Tutorial.


Please click and print out the following Word document for reference:

How to Cite Works from Making Literature Matter


 

Week Thirteen (due by Wednesday, April 16, 12 noon)

Course Evaluation  (Click here - please evaluate by Friday, May 2 )

Research Paper: Final Copy due (in MLA Format) by Wednesday, April 16, 12 noon.

Please make one final check with the MLA Quick Check.

(I will grade the revisions of the first draft and the MLA format.)

Length: 1000 words minimum(no more than 2000 words)


 

Week Fourteen (due by Wednesday, April 23, 12 noon)

Course Evaluation  (Click here - please evaluate by Friday, May 2)

Writing Exercise / Short Essay (400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, April 23, 12 noon):

Choose one of the following readings and e-mail (plain text) a response to one of the prompts under the "Thinking about the Text" or "Making Comparisons" sections that follow one of these poems or short stories. Remember to review all of the numbered questions under each section before deciding on one specific question. Indicate the prompt by page, section, and number in the subject line or at the top of your e-mail.

Remember to avoid "I" or "you" as a subject , and revise all passive voice, usage and punctuation with the revision guidelines before you submit.

Chapter 13: Living in Families
Alice Walker, "Everyday Use" (p. 355-362)

Chapter 14: Loving:
William Shakespeare, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" (p. 619)
Kate Chopin, "The Storm" (pp. 683-7),
William Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (pp. 696-703)

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Fifteen (due by Wednesday, April 30, 12 noon)

Course Evaluation  (Click here - please evaluate by Friday, May 2 )

Final Essay  topics.

Length: 600 words minimum

Writing Exercise / Short Essay (400 words minimum - due by Wednesday, April 30, 12 noon):

Choose one of the sets of readings below and e-mail (plain text) a response to one of the prompts under the "Thinking about the Text" or "Making Comparisons" sections that follow one of the poems. Remember to review all of the numbered questions under each section before deciding on one specific question. Indicate the prompt by page, section, and number at the top of your e-mail.

Chapter 17: Confronting Mortality:
Imagining the End: A Collection of Writings by Emily Dickinson (p. 1446-1451)
Disrespecting Death: Donne, Thomas, Syzmborska (p. 1452-7)

If any of the authors in this section interest you, please explore their lives and works on this additional web site: Lit LINKS


 

Week Sixteen (May 7)

Final Essay  (due by Monday, May 5, 12 noon).

Length: 600 words minimum